Finally, Parking Meters Where Bikes Belong
Sacramento sends cyclists a clear sign that it's okay to hitch your bike to a parking meter.
By
Ben Fried
10:31 AM EDT on April 9, 2008
Sacramento sends cyclists a clear sign that it’s okay to hitch your bike to a parking meter.
The City of Sacramento is converting defunct parking meters into officially sanctioned bike racks, the Sacramento Bee reported last month. After replacing its traditional meters with solar-powered, Muni-style pay stations, the city came up with this nifty purpose for otherwise useless infrastructure.
One hundred meters have been converted so far. If successful, the city will give more old meters the bike rack treatment.
This is a great idea, but we have to ask: Why not outfit active meters with bike racks too? Is it that inconvenient for drivers to reach over a bike while they feed the meter?
Photo: Sacramento Bee
Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.
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